| Term | Definition |
|---|
| King George III | King of England during the American Revolution |
| Quartering Act | Law that required the colonists to house and suppy British soldiers |
| revenue | government income |
| Sugar Act | British tax on imported sugar and molasses |
| Stamp Act | Law that taxed many printed materials in the colonies |
| Patrick Henry | A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who opposed taxes |
| boycott | refusal to buy goods |
| sons of liberty | a secret society organized to oppose british polocies |
| Townshend Acts | Plan passed by Parliament in 1767 to help raise revenue in the colonies |
| writ of assisstance | search warrant |
| Samuel Adams | founder of the sons of liberty |
| Crispus Attuckus | African American killed by British Soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
| Boston massacre | conflict between colonists and british soldiers in which five colonists were killed |
| John Adams | a cousin of Samuel Adams and a lawyer who defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
| committee of correspondence | a group that exchanged letters on colonial affairs with similar groups |
| Declaration of Independence | document that said that the colonies were independent |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the declaration of independence |
| unalienable | unable to be taken away |
| grievances | complaints |
| tyrant | ruler who uses power unjustly or cruelly |
| quartering | providing housing |
| petitioned for redress | asked for the correction of wrongs |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against the Tea Act in which colonists dumped British tea into the harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws passed by parliament punishing massachusetts for the boston tea party |
| first continental congress | meeting held by the colonies in Philadelphia in 1774 to decide what to do about the problems with Britain |
| militia | a force of armed civilians who pledge to defend their community |
| minuteman | a colonist who could be ready to fight at a minute;s notice |
| Paul Revere | a patriot who helped warn colonists about british movements |
| Lexington and Concord | Sites of the first battles of the revolutionary war |
| loyalist | colonist who was loyal to britain |
| patriotist | a colonist who supported the colonial rebels |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain boys who helped capture fort ticonderoga |
| artillery | cannons and large guns |
| second continental congress | meeting held in philadelphia in 1775 |
| continental army | the name of the american army |
| benedict arnold | colonial leader who played a part in the victory at fort ticonderoga and who helped in a failed invasion of Canada |
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